Postoperative dissemination of fat particles in the subarachnoid pathways.

نویسندگان

  • J D McAllister
  • L N Scotti
  • J W Bookwalter
چکیده

A case of postoperative dissemination of fat particles into the cerebrospinal fluid pathways is reported. Following removal of a foramen magnum meningioma, a postoperative MR scan showed fat droplets in the basal cisterns and in the frontal horns of the lateral ventricles. The patient was asymptomatic and a repeat MR scan 7 months later was normal, with resolution and clearing of the previously noted cerebrospinal fluid fat.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology

دوره 13 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1992